"It's a proud moment to get to number one," said Trump. "It's been a long road to get there."

Trump will meet either Neil Robertson or Shaun Murphy in Sunday's final.

"It will be tough either way in the final. I've got a better record against Shaun and it might be a more free-flowing game against him," Trump told the World Snooker website. "The way I feel, I fancy beating both of them."

The first staging of the tournament in Chengdu, China carries a winners' cheque of £125,000.